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Re: [External Sender] Title Attribute Issue

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From: Steve Green
Date: Aug 30, 2019 9:22AM

aria-describedby suffers from the same problem that Jim reported, insofar as screen readers will announce the value of the attribute when you tab to the button but they will not announce it in virtual cursor mode.

If you want to ensure that the information is announced when tabbing and also in virtual cursor mode, you need to use some form of hidden text that is included in the button's name. Critics will say this approach is very old school, but it works and there's actually nothing wrong with it.

FWIW, this isn't likely to be an NVDA issue - I would expect the same behaviour in other screen readers.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd